Mike Wood MP: written questions
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Cabinet Office: BuildingsCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15723More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the specific event was for each of the individual room hires since 4 April 2025 other than Civil Service Live and the Infected Blood Inquiry.
Answer: I am unable to provide this information as the details are not held centrally and complying with this request would incur a disproportionate cost to the Cabinet Office.
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordMetropolitan Police: PalantirCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15722More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will instruct the Cabinet Office Procurement Review Unit to review the decision of the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime not to approve the Metropolitan Police's contract with Palantir.
Answer: The Procurement Review Unit (PRU) was disbanded on the 1st of April 2026, with the Debarment Review Service (DRS) transferred to the new Government Commercial Agency (GCA). DRS are responsible for conducting investigations into suppliers for potential add...
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordUK Integrated Security Fund: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15721More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Integrated Security Fund annual report 2024 to 2025, published on 30 October 2025, and the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025], why th
Answer: The Integrated Security Fund (ISF) uses terminology consistent with relevant legislation, such as the International Development (Gender Equality) Act 2014, and with the FCDO ODA and programme management guidance, such as its Rule 9 on gender equality, dis...
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15720More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Volumes 1 and 2 of the Government response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson, if he will publish the completed UKSV tick box vetting form relating to Lord Mandelson.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Gove...
Answered 9 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15719More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who first suggested to the Prime Minister that Peter Mandelson should be appointed as Ambassador to the United States.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Gove...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15718More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the documents relating to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson that have been withheld at the request of the Metropolitan Police include communications between Lord Mandelson and the Prime Minister.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Gove...
Answered 9 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLord Mandelson and Morgan McSweeneyCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15717More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Volumes 1 and 2 of the Government response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson, whether electronic communications between Lord Mandelson and Morgan McSweeney have been copied to the officia
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Gove...
Answered 9 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15716More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Volumes 1 and 2 of the Government response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson, what role the Cabinet Secretary played in the appointment of Lord Mandelson as Ambassador to the United State
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Gove...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15715More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to publish Lord Mandelson's completed conflicts of interest form and declarations in a future volume of the Humble Address return.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Gove...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the statement of 11 March 2026, Official Report, Column 364, on Lord Mandelson: Response to Humble Address Motion, for what reason she did not receive the r
Answer: The process around approval of the payment was set out by the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister in his statement to the House on 11 March. When officials at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) submitted the business case to HM Trea...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15713More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson included information that had been held by civil servants who had left Crown Service.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Gove...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15712More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Volumes 1 and 2 of the Government response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson, whether Lord Mandelson used a non-government email address for government business while he was Ambassador to
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Gove...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15711More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Volumes 1 and 2 of the Government response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson, whether people mentioned in the Government return to the Humble Address were consulted on any (a) exclusions
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Gove...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15710More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Volumes 1 and 2 of the Government response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson, what the terms of reference were of the fact-finding exercise of the General Counsel to the Prime Minister in
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Gove...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15709More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Volume 1 of the Government response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson, who was interviewed by the General Counsel to the Prime Minister in his fact-finding exercise in the context of the
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Gove...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordGlobal CounselCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15708More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Volumes 1 and 2 of the Government response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson, whether papers relating to Global Counsel were in scope of the response to the Humble Address of 4 February 2
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Gove...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Appointments: Business InterestsCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15356More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 20 March 2026, to Question 119894, on Gambling Commission: Managers, if he will make it his policy to ask the Civil Service Commission to review the business appointment provision
Answer: The Government currently has no plans to ask the Civil Service Commission to do so. The independent Civil Service Commission regulates recruitment into the Civil Service, and provides advice under the Business Appointment Rules for civil servants at SCS P...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Public ExpenditureCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15355More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 29 May 2026, to Question 2081, on Prime Minister: Public Expenditure, how much was spent on each of the individual suppliers listed and which items were purchased.
Answer: Total expenditure from the Prime Minister’s allowance on their official residence is disclosed in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts.
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordCharlesbyeCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15354More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants have received representations in writing from Charlesbye Limited.
Answer: It is not routine to disclose correspondence between Ministers and any individual or organisation.
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSenior Civil Servants: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15353More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026, to Question 108235, on Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment, how many of the 90 SCS roles which were not recruited externally, broken down by pay band, were in his Dep
Answer: The table below provides provisional offers made by Cabinet Office, broken down by grade for the Senior Civil Service (SCS) roles referenced in our previous response, covering the period from January 1 2025 to December 31 2025: GradeOffers MadeSCS Pay Ban...
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLord Mandelson and Morgan McSweeneyCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2026WithdrawnUIN 15352More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 23 June 2026, to Question 8158, on Lord Mandelson and Morgan McSweeney, on what date Morgan McSweeney provided his electronic messages to the Cabinet Office.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15351More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 23 June 2026, to Question 9084, on Lord Mandelson, what information his Department holds on whether the Intelligence and Security Committee had access to independent legal advice other
Answer: The Government does not comment on the resourcing decisions taken by the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC).
Answered 10 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLord Mandelson and Morgan McSweeneyCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15350More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 23 June 2026, to Question 8158, on Lord Mandelson and Morgan McSweeney, on what date Morgan McSweeney provided his electronic messages to the Cabinet Office.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The Government’s methodology in complying with the Humble Address was set out in the Volume II publicat...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15349More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) Cabinet Office Legal Advisers and (b) the National Security Adviser had a role in redaction of the material to be released in response to the Humble Address of 4 February 2026.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The Government’s methodology in complying with the Humble Address was set out in the Volume II publicat...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15348More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason Matthew Doyle was asked to undertake supplementary due diligence on Lord Mandelson being appointed as Ambassador, and whether the nature of Mr Doyle’s relationship with Mandelson was (a) declared
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Gove...
Answered 10 Jul 2026
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